"I have for a long time known of the above differences, and at first thought it only an optical delusion, owing to some of the copies having had their sides closely trimmed, but on closer observation the distinct differences, as I have mentioned, were manifest. What is said of the 10d. may also be said of the 7-1/2d. (but to a lesser degree of variation), only the latter are generally found in the long and broad frame or oval. A slight difference also occurs in the 6d., violet; no variation appears in the length of the stamp, though I have two specimens in which the oval or frame shows a contraction in width to the extent of about one-forty-eighth of an inch, and is quite noticeable. "This may be 'piper's news' to some of the members of the Philatelic Society, London, but to others it may be of interest, and for that reason I beg your indulgence." Mr. Castle, in reading the foregoing paper at the meeting of the London Philatelic Society, shewed specimens of the stamps described by Mr. Brouse, and added a few remarks as under. "I venture to think the modest disclaimer on the part of Mr. Brouse, in his closing sentence, is hardly borne out in view of the interesting communication he has made. To me the information was certainly novel, and I could hardly credit that there should exist such differences in size until I had verified the fact by examination of specimens. Owing to the kindness of Messrs. Stanley Gibbons, Limited, and Mr. W. H. Peckitt, I was enabled to inspect a number of these pence issues, and I have tabulated the measurements as nearly as I can:-- HALFPENNY. Size. Paper. (_a_) 22 × 18-1/2 mm. Medium thick (_b_) 22-1/2 × 18 mm. Medium thick THREEPENCE. (_a_) 22 (full) × 18 mm. Very thin wove (_a_) 22 × 18mm. Very thin laid (_b_) 22-1/2 × 17-1/2 mm. Thin (_c_) 22-3/4 × 17-1/2 mm. Thick SIXPENCE. (_a_) 22 × 18 mm. Thin wove (_a_) 22 × 18 mm. Thin Laid (_b_) 22-3/4 × 17-3/4 mm. Thick SEVENPENCE-HALFPENNY. (_a_) 22-1/4 × 18-1/2 mm. (bare) Med. thick (_a_) 22-1/2 × 18-1/2 mm. Medium thick (_a_) 22-3/4 × 18 mm. Medium thick (_a_) 22-3/4 × 18-1/2 mm. Medium thick TENPENCE. (_a_) 22-3/4 × 17-1/2 mm. Thin to very thin (_b_) 22-1/2 × 18 mm. (full) Thick (_b_) 22-3/4 × 18-1/2 mm. (bare) Thick (_c_) 22 × 18 mm. Thin